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Rep. Aaron Schock billed taxpayers at least three times for a total of more than $14,000 in private air travel last fall, including for a trip to a Chicago Bears football game, The Associated Press has learned. The newly revealed expenses encompass plane travel around Illinois and to Washington. They add to the list of more than a dozen flights worth $40,000 aboard planes owned by donors, which led to a formal ethics complaint against the Peoria Republican. On Monday, a spokesman for Schock said the congressman has reimbursed the U.S. government for more than $1,200 for travel to the Bears game last November. Schock previously charged the private air travel to his House office account,...

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